Charles won the initiative and Deployed the Tercios on the right, Artillery with Landesknects in support in the center and the horse on the left.
The French set up looked to have their right shoot up the Spanish horse while the Swiss and Landesknects were shot in by the French Artillery.
However, the Spanish Stradiots advanced, led by their own general, and charged past the Swiss and overran the guns, despite losing 2 of 6 stands to fire from the artillery and Swiss skirmishers. The Stradiots continued straight on and ended up in the French Camp, despite an attempt by the French mounted "archers" to intercept.
The French Swiss charged into two of the Tercios and began a protracted melee.
The French Landesknecht pike and shot advanced, the pike getting shot up by the Spanish artillery, becoming disrupted at one point and eventually getting broken trying to attack one of the Spanish tercios, when the general leading them was killed.
The French reiters and argolets advanced against the Spanish horse, the Spanish mounted arquebusiers eventually being driven off with loss, but the Spanish light lancer Celadas charged and broke both reiter units in melees, killing another French general, and pretty much sealing the victory for the Spanish.
The Spanish benefited from some great combat dice, and whacking two of the three French generals.
The French vow to bring more Swiss next time.
Caroline Imperialist:
4 TC's
2x Celadas each 4 stands, Horse, Hvy Armor, Avg, Light Lancer, Swordsman
2x mtd arquebusiers, each 4 stands, Light Horse, unarmored, avg, arquebus
1x Tercio, 16 stands, 8 MF unarmored superior arquebus, 8 HF armored superior pike
2x Tercios, 16 stands each, 8 MF unarmored avg arquebus, 8 HV armored avg pike
1x Hvy artillery 2 stands, Hvy artillery
1x Landesknechts, 8 stands, HF, armored avg pike, 2 stands HF, armored avg Hvy weapont
1x Stradiots, 6 stands, LH, unarmored avg light lance, swordsman
French:
1x Gendarmes 4 stands FA superior hvy lance swordsman
1x Archers 6 stands cavalier armored avg light lance swordsman
1x stradiots 4 stands LH, unarmored avg light lance swordsman
1x argolets 4 stands LH, armored, arquebus
2x reiters, each 4 stands armored, avg, shooty pistol, melee pistol
1x Landesknect pike 12 stands armored pike
2x Landesknecht shot, each 6 stands MF unarmored arquebus
1x Landesknecht skirmishers 6 stands LF, unarmored arquebus
1x Swiss pike, 8 stands armored superior pike, 2 stands armored superior heavy weapon
2x Swiss skirmishers, 6 stands unarmored avg arquebus
2x Medium artillery each 2 stands medium artillery
1x Light artillery of 2 stands.
